EDSA bus collision leaves 8 hurt, snarls traffic

ABS-CBN News

MANILA, Philippines – At least 8 people were injured after two buses and a sedan collided inside a tunnel in EDSA on Monday morning.

Metropolitan Manila Development Authority traffic enforcers said a Santrans bus (PVB 263), traveling along the southbound lane of EDSA-Tuazon underpass, avoided a vehicle but rammed the center island and entered the southbound lane.

The three-vehicle collision caused heavy morning traffic on EDSA's northbound lane, with the vehicles still blocking the lane as of 7 a.m.

MMDA chairman Francis Tolentino, meanwhile, said he will call the attention of the operators of Santrans and BLTB since buses are not allowed to pass through EDSA's tunnels. – report from Dexter Ganibe, dzMM